Hi Guys,I want to become a vegetarian bodybuilder, I'm 27 thus, in order to create a diet, I need your advices! That's me few days ago.

My current level of activity is very sedentary, I'm a student and I spend most of the day sitting on a chair.Since Two weeks I've started a very soft lifting programm, three times per week, I spend in the Gym approximately 1 Hour and half each time.I've used Harris-Benedict formula to calculate my calories exependiture, It's about 1900.44 kcal/day.

My questions are:1) At your opinion what's my body type?2) Should I increase my calorie amount in order to gain lean mass (and a small percentage of fat) OR decrease my calorie level and lose fat (and a small quantity of muscles too)?3) Any general advices?

Find some free weights (dumbells, barbell etc.), a pullup bar and then start a full body routine 3 days a week focusing on major muscle groups. Focus on squats, deadlifts, military press, bench press, pullups and bentover rows. Start with weight you are comfortable with and do 2-3 sets, 8-12 reps with a 90 second rest between sets. Alternate pullups and bentover rows every so often and do the same with deadlifts and squats and military press and benchpress. Increase the weight every week or so. In the days between weight training do 20-30 minutes of light cardio. Eat 200 calories less than maintenence and if you aren't losing body fat in a month or two then drop a couple hundred more calories and up the cardio intensity a bit and then re-evaluate. Eat 1-2 grams of protien per lean body mass. Go easy on crap and processed foods. Eat clean. Sleep 8 hrs per night and take a day or two off a week for recouperation. When you cannot progress any farther with the weight increase then drop back down 20% or so and start working your way back up. Re-evaluate after 6 months. If it's working for you then keep it up or mix it up with a split routine for fun and progress and add some isolation exercises such as tricep extentions, bicep curls, lateral raises, calf raises etc. Alternate between a full body and split routine every so often. Never stop squating and deadlifting. Avoid machines if possible. There is no one way.When you get to a look you find acceptable then think about adding greater mass. Lift heavier and start eating clean and well above you maintenence calories. Lift heavy and do limited and moderate cardio. Use http://www.fitday.com for free to log your diet and keep an online training log here. Just my 2 cents. Ask a lot of different people too, probably get some different answers. ! Good luck!

Sorry if we made this little speech in Italian .. I translate for you in English the question who I asked to Rawman:

I switched to the vegan diet six months ago, I'm 41 years old and I'm 1.80 tall .. .I have since lost weight and muscles and increased fat in abdomen, I went down from 71 kilos to 69 kilos.. obviously there 's something wrong in my new diet .. who can give me any advice?

Sorry if we made this little speech in Italian .. I translate for you in English the question who I asked to Rawman:

I switched to the vegan diet six months ago, I'm 41 years old and I'm 1.80 tall .. .I have since lost weight and muscles and increased fat in abdomen, I went down from 71 kilos to 69 kilos.. obviously there 's something wrong in my new diet .. who can give me any advice?